What Fulvio spoke about.

Mr President, Europe has an hourglass on its head. Its deindustrialization is going on with an increasingly rapid, inexorable speed. In the latest agreement, Europe had set itself the target of reaching 14% of GDP by 2025. This target was then revised by the Irish Presidency, advancing its deadline to 2035. But, in reality, we know that this goal will become difficult to achieve, because we are hu

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, a few days ago, in a quiet Italian city, an Italian of Moroccan origin decided that he wanted to hit, without warning, a number of his compatriots, accelerated with the car, hit them, threw them in the air, and then ran away. This person was stopped, despite being armed with a knife, by an Italian and two other Egyptians, who disarmed her, preventing her from

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as pointed out in your report and in that of Mario Draghi, a solid European single market is essential for the competitiveness of businesses, because it can stimulate economic growth and innovation, guaranteeing market access and eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy. However, Europe needs a strong industrial strategy for technologies and value chains that prom

Madam President, I too would like to remind you that in Italy today we are celebrating the liberation from Nazi-fascism, from Nazi-fascist oppression. This liberation and this celebration is for us an honor to all those who lost their lives to give Italy freedom, to the many European and American soldiers who came to Italy to give Italy freedom and to the many Italians who fought for freedom. But

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, yesterday evening one of our colleagues, Alessandra, was brutally attacked and beaten here in Strasbourg. I wonder: that Europe is a Europe where you are not free to walk the streets in a city like this, which is home to all parliamentarians? I think that you, President, should ask the Mayor of Strasbourg and the police to be able to guarantee the safety and sec

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, if this debate had stopped at the word 'Europe', or if after the word 'Europe' it had written 'also based on the events of 7 October', 'on the Nazism that emerged on 7 October', we would probably be talking today about something much more serious, much more serious. We wanted a debate of this kind, almost making us imagine that Italy is not a democratic cou

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow there will be a great event here, the awarding of an extraordinary woman, Mahsa Amini, who unfortunately will not be here with us, because Iran does not give her permission to come to Strasbourg to collect this award. The discrimination we are witnessing against him today is just one of the many discriminations that Iran puts in place against minorit

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to remind the House today of Silvio Berlusconi. Silvio Berlusconi was one of our colleagues. And I just want to say to all of our colleagues, to those who crossed paths with him in the corridors, to those with whom he spoke, to those with whom he voted together, to those with whom he sometimes, perhaps, confronted himself even harshly, I want to

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, when I arrived here in Parliament this morning, I was thinking of finding a Chamber full of MEPs, of listening to speeches all aimed at reaffirming the position that the European Parliament has always had: defending Ukraine and condemning the Russian invasion. I am sorry to note that so many colleagues have chosen not to take part in this debate - the House is s

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, when I read Article 21 of the Constitution in Italy, I probably do not reflect on the fact that freedom to demonstrate is not always taken for granted. It is normal for us Europeans to have the freedom to take to the streets, to be able to express our ideas. For many who live elsewhere, in countries like Iran, this right does not exist and for this right one

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, what is democracy? Democracy is the people's vote. In Sweden, 82% of Swedish citizens voted in September; They chose freely, without constraint, without violence, went to the polling booth and cast a vote. The same thing happened in Italy on September 25. 64% of Italians went to the polling booth and made their choice, reasonably, consciously. This is democracy:

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the story of Daphne Caruana Galizia is the story of Ján Kuciak: journalists killed during their investigations under socialist governments. So I want to take this opportunity to recall in this House the statements that the socialist governments have made to seek truth and justice, to ask for truth and justice. Let us remember their statements. What you heard was

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in late August there will be a meeting between President Macron and the President of Zimbabwe, demonstrating a return to normality in relations between the European Union and this country, which culminated in the elimination of certain sanctions against certain individuals. On the other hand, the fact that Zimbabwe is moving towards a positive assessment is a

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as former president of the Israeli delegation, I can only applaud the agreements of Abraham which projected the possibility of a new peace in the Middle East region and, above all, made known to the European Union the United Arab Emirates, their ability to grow new generations who preach tolerance, respect for religions, the ability to propose school programs

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there can never be a real commercial partnership with Africa if sanctions that are very often anti-historical against certain countries are not lifted and if it is not clearly decided to combat the phenomenon of jihadist insurrection. The jihadist insurgency, which has worsened in Cabo Delgado since 2017, is pouring into neighboring countries, and the attacks

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today in the European Parliament we have the courage to address this issue, but let us ask ourselves what the Member States of the European Union are doing. Italy does nothing. Italy has always instrumentally denied the existence of this problem. In 2015, the then Foreign Minister Gentiloni, who is now Commissioner of the European Union, signed a cooperation

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I consider this resolution to be too weak; It is too weak because the situation in Guatemala has reached a very high level of guard. Just think of what Secretary-General Guterres said last Thursday, when he spoke clearly about the persecution that more than 15 justice officials are suffering in Guatemala. Among these 15 officials there is also the great Erika Dá

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the by-elections of 26 May in Zimbabwe were observed by a number of ambassadors, those of the United States, Great Britain, Sweden and the Netherlands, who assessed these peaceful by-elections and found that the democratic process had been respected. The clashes of 2018 seem to have been overcome when, by force and military power, other principles were affirmed.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the consequences for Europe would be serious if Sudan fell into chaos. Sudan borders Libya and Egypt, that is, the gates of Africa that enter Europe. We would be witnessing a terrible development of illegal migrants, people smuggling and arms smuggling, so it is in the interest of the European Union, as it is in the interest of the great powers, that there be

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today we are dealing with an important subject: the violence that women in Yemen suffer as a result of the violence perpetrated by the Houthi militias. There are numerous cases of many activists and educators who are arrested for no reason, who are kidnapped in their homes: 181 women have been incarcerated in the last year alone, very often on laughable charg